Integration of Annotation Technologies in the PHAROS Platform A Pharos whitepaper

PHAROS is a configurable and customizable platform for Search-Based Applications (SBA). Such platforms allow integration of different kinds of annotation and indexing technologies for any media type. We report on an experiment of integration of an annotation component within the PHAROS configurable multimedia search platform. We integrate a third-party image analysis technology for human face recognition, by extending it in order to cope with the requirements of video annotation solutions and wrapping it according to the platform’s integration specification. As a result, the annotator outcomes are indexed within the PHAROS platform and can be used for multi-modal and content-based search. We evaluate our experience in terms of development effort required, indexing performances, and perceived quality of the annotation results. Page 2 Pharos White Paper